Firefox users are reporting an ‘artificial’ load time on YouTube videos. YouTube says it’s part of a plan to make people who use adblockers “experience suboptimal viewing, regardless of the browser they are using.”

    • Synapse@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I think the goal it to make the user wonder “hum, looks like it’s broken” hoping they disable adblocker during troubleshooting. I am not convinced at all about the effectivness of this measure, but it seems they are just trying anything.

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      1 year ago

      Most of the time, the commercial’s volume is much louder than whatever content you are watching. So ya, I’d rather have nothing…